Choose a good paper for origami is important even for beginners, even for simple models. Many folders have indeed abandoned origami only because the paper was not easy to fold and gave an awful result.

There are many papers for origami and it is often difficult to make a choice. Here is our selection of origami papers for beginners. More generally, you can go in "Origami Papers - Kami / Kraft" where most of the articles proposed are suitable for beginners.

A folder need:

- A paper with a square format to be used immediately

- A color paper to fold beautiful models

- A thin and resistant paper to fold and unfold without troubles.

- A paper with a white face to more easily follow the folding sequences (the drawings use always a bicolor paper with a white face to facilitate monitoring of folds)